Citation Characteristics of Monographs in the Fine Arts

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of citations found in monographs in the fine arts. A random sample of 581 citations was selected from 158 monographs published in 1985 and 1986 and indexed by RILA (Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art). Citations were classified as to source type (book, journal article, manuscript, thesis); primary or secondary source; language; date of publication; and the citing author's reason for making the citation. The findings of this study were then compared to those of other citation studies of the literature of the fine arts and of literary criticism. This study's findings are generally similar to those of other studies of citation patterns in the humanities, but citations to books were found to be somewhat less important and those to manuscripts somewhat more important than in earlier studies. The chronological spread of citations is more evenly distributed in fine arts monographs than in other areas of the humanities, though the greatest number of citations are to works published in the past twenty years.

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